Marcel Breuer was able to build a three-storey complex for the Franciscan nuns on the elevated hilltop above the Seetal valley. “The new building is reminiscent of a square island surrounded by a sea of apple trees,” noted Breuer. This refers to a double H-shaped floor plan that creates four inner courtyards and quotes the typology of monastic cloisters with its protruding upper floors. The façade design is characterized by honeycomb-like, tapering reveals that create changing shadow effects. The materialization is reduced to the three elements of exposed concrete, natural stone and wood. The interior spaces around the chapel, cells, chapter house, common rooms, administration and a guest wing, together with Breuer’s furniture designs, form an important testimony to the history of architecture and design. 

– Excerpt from the book BRUTALES LUZERN (2023), written by Giacomo Paravicini (Original in German; this is an AI-generated translation)

In use. The building has been classified as worth protecting (last updated on April 15, 2024).